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4.
Select the “103/153 IO Connection” and press the “OK” button to accept the new setting. Please note that the
size field must be fixed to SINT, because of the EDS-AOP definition in RSLogix 5000.
5.
The warning message that follows has to be accepted by pressing the “Yes” button.
6.
Confirm the setting by pressing the “OK” button.
The basic communication setting of the drive and the RXLogix 5000 is now configured and the next chapter describes the
configuration of the Add-On Instruction.
5.0 Setting up the Add-On Instruction.
The Danfoss Add-On Instruction can be copied to the PLC’s rung. This is done by opening the Add-On Instruction folder
and drag and drop the VLT AOI into a rung in the PLC. When the AOI has been placed the GUI should look like in figure 7.
Now select the field “VLT” in AOI, right click and select “New Tag..” the new tag window will appear as shown in figure 8
Keep the new tag in the Controller Scope of the PLC, that way the status of the drive will be available in the entire project.
In the “Name field” insert a name for the drive to be controlled (e.g. VLT_1) and press the “Create” button.
This will generate a list of tags for this AOI. The tags generated will look like shown in figure 9.
Figure 7
Figure 8
